Slight Decrease in Dubuque Fire Department Calls

The Dubuque Fire Department handled about 50 fewer calls in 2023 than in each of the two previous years, according to city officials. The department fielded 7,753 calls last year, a decrease of 0.6% from the 7,800 calls recorded in both 2022 and 2021. Of the total calls received in 2023, 6,277 of them, or 81.0%, were for EMS-related needs. That represented a similar number to 2022, when 80.6% of recorded calls were for EMS, and a slight increase from 2021, when that percentage was 78.9%.